Calendar.



B. G. MAHON.

y CALENDAR. APPLICATION FILED PEB.6,1909,.

Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

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ELMER C. MARGH, F DUBUQUE, IOW., ASSGNR OE ONE-HALF TO ANDREW J.vcIDlDE, QF DUBUQ'UE, OWA.

CALENDAR.

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To all whom, it may concern: Be it known that l, ELMER C. Manou, acitizen of the United States, and residing at Dubuque, in the county ofDubuque and State of lowa, have invented new and use-,i4 fulImprovements in Calendars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to calendars with special reference to what arecalled perpet ual calendars and the object is to provide a calendarwhich shall display the daily date givi g the month, the day of themonth and the day of the Weel: without displaying any other date andt'urther to furnish space for extensive advertisements.

ln what it consists and its mode of construction and operation will bedescribed and .set out in the following specification when taken inconnection with the drawings accompanying same and forming a parthereof.

Figure l is a front elevation. a'perspective or' one half of the deviceon a line X X of Fig. l showing the hinged cover partly raised. F ig. 3is a vertical section through line X X of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a side viewof one of the staples.

Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in each of thetigures.

Referring to the drawings 2 designates the base board or plate whichforms not only thebaclr of the calendar but to which all the variousparts are secured. lt is preferably formed of two plates or members land 5, one of wood or other light weight material, and the other ofsheet metal united together at their edges. ln this manner the rigidityo' the back is maintained and the plate is light in Weight. The front-platc d is provided with an opening 6 in its lower ond in which isdisplayed the names ot the months one after another. Ilfhe names of themonths are printed or otherwise secured to a circular plate 8 which ispivoted between the two plates e and 5 and adapted to rotate to exposethe name of a'month in the opening 6.

Inor near the longitudinal center` are secured iiat staples l0. Uponthese are loosely hung thirty one cards or plates ft2 on each or" whichis printed or fixed a diterent number commencing with 1 and ending at'lre resenting the days of the month.

i ear the top ofthe front plate d is hinged Fig. 2 is arectangular coverl5 vby hinges 16 which cover is of box shape without base7 having tthesides 18 and the ends 2O and provided with an opening 24. The lower endof which ,is cut away at 22 providing a space for the staples l() landthe .sides resting against the ifront plate Ll.

Near the center of the under side of the cover is pivoted a 'circularplate 25 on which are printed or secured thereon7 around near the edge,thedays ot' the week, and when said plate is rotated, it displays'thesedat ot' the weelt one after another through the openingst in the cover.

0n the outside of the cover is secured a plate 26 by tacks or staples27, but this plate may also be secured by some adhesive mixture on whichmay be printed such advertising matter as may be desired. This plate 26may be dispensed with and advertisements printed upon or attached to thecover in any convenient manner,

The manner of operating or using my device is substantially as follows:Starting upon the first day Jahuary with all of the cards 12 turnedunder the cover 15 and the first day of January occurring on Monday;then the operator sets the plate 25 so that the word Monday is displayedthrough the opening Q4 and also setting the plate S in such a mannerthat the word January appears through the opening 6. l/Vhen it becomesTuesday the second vday of January the operator lifts the cover andturns down upon the staples 10, card number 2.or the second day card ofJanuary. r[hen rotates the plate until it registers Tuesday in theopening. 1t will then register Tuesday the second of VJanuary. Each dayone more of the cards 12 is turned down over the staples 10, and theplate 26 is rotated to eXposeanothe-r day ot the week. When the month`\is finished and all of the cards have been turned down `from under thecover, then the operator ro- Patented Nev. 3o', 1909.y

the month and one day of the week 'is ever exposed et any one time sothat it will last for a long time and not easily become soiled.

The form et construction may be modified without in any manner departingfrom the spirit of my invention.

Having now described my invent-ion what l claim is:

l. In a calendar, e base plate, a box cover hinged to said base plateand provided with an opening for the days of the week, a circula r pletewith the days oli' the week printed thereon pivoted to the cover,staples secured at one end in the bese plate beneath the cover und theother end secured in the base plate outside oit the cover, and cardspivoted on the staples having thereon numbers designating `the days ol"the month and adapted to be turned on seid staples down against the beseplate or turned up under the cover and when turned up to be concealedfrom View.

2, In :i calendar, e base plate provided with en opening near its lowerend, a circuler plate on the edge of which is eixed the names of themonths pivoted in the base plate and when said plate is rotated on itspivot will expose the name of the months one et e time in seid openingand conceal from view the balance ol the months, staples secured in thebase plate near its longitudinel center, ar box cover hinged to thefbaseplate and provided with an opening, a late having thereon the names ofthe days o the Week pivoted to the cover and adapted to expose one ofthe week in the opening in the cover, and cards secured to the stapleson which are fixed the days of themonth and adapted to be turned on thestaples down against the base of the calendar or up under the cover, andwhen turned up be concealed from view1 8. In a calendar, a base plateformed of two members each of different material and provided with anopening through the front member near its lower end, a box cover provided with en opening and hinged to said front member, a plate securedto the outside of said cover, a circular pla'te pivoted to the underside of the cover, staples secured in the base plete beneath the coverand projecting outside of the cover, cards pivoted upon the staples andadapted to be turned up out of View under the cover, and a circularplate pivoted between the two members composing the base plate andadapted when rotated to expose the names of the months-one after theother in the opening in the front member of the base plete.

ELMER C. MAI-ION. lVitncsses:

M. M. CADY, A. J. MCDADE.

